-Boundary

Option

Description

Internal point

Specifiers the area by picking a point inside a closed area:

Internal point or [Advanced/Undo] - (enter an option):

• Internal point - pick a point in the drawing that you hope is an enclosed area, or else enter x,y coordinates. The prompt repeats until you press Enter.

• Advanced - switches to advanced mode; see below

• Undo - un-selects the last selected entities

When the program cannot find an enclosed area around your pick point, it reports:

Selecting everything visible...
Valid hatch boundary not found. Adjust the gap tolerance value if the boundary should be considered closed.

Advanced Options

Description

Advanced

Entering a for the Advanced option produces the following prompt:

[Boundary/Island/eXit] <eXit> - (enter an option)

• Boundary - jumps to the options for specifying the boundary; see below

• Island - jumps to the options for specifying how islands should be treated; see below

• eXit - returns to the "Internal point or [Advanced/Undo]" prompt

Boundary

Specifies where the program should search for the entities making up the boundary:

Specify boundary set [New/Everything] <Everything>: - (enter an option):

• New - starts a new boundary selection process; prompts you "Select entities"

• Everything - uses all entities in the current viewport for the boundary

Island

Determines whether islands are hatched over or not; prompts you:

Do you want Island Detection? [Yes/No/Outer only] <Yes>:- (enter an option):

• Yes - places the boundary entity at the outermost area, as well as around all islands

• No - islands are ignored; boundary is created of the outermost area only

• Outer only - ignores innermost areas; boundary is created between outermost area and islands

eXit

Returns to the previous prompt.